C.N. Douglas, comp. Forty Thousand Quotations: Prose and Poetical. 1917. Unselfishness
There is but one virtue—the eternal sacrifice of self.George Sand.
1 Self-abnegation is a trait most often seen in women, rarely in men.Achilles Poincelot.
2 He who is wise puts aside all claims which may dissipate his attention, and confining himself to one branch excels in that.Goethe.
3 The essence of true nobility is neglect of self. Let the thought of self pass in, and the beauty of great action is gone, like the bloom from a soiled flower.Froude.
4 The secret of being loved is in being lovely; and the secret of being lovely is in being unselfish.J. C. Holland.
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